He was already under investigation for allegedly hurling eggs at a neighbor's house in Los Angeles -- an incident that led police to search his mansion, where they seized illicit drugs and arrested one of his associates.
By late afternoon (2100 GMT) Friday, nearly 8,000 people had signed an online petition on the official White House website calling for Bieber’s deportation.
"He is not only threatening the safety of our people, but he is also a terrible influence on our nation's youth," said the petition, which needs 100,000 signatures by February 22 to elicit a White House response.
Like many non-American entertainers, Bieber -- who, says Forbes magazine, made $58 million in 2013 -- lives and works in United States under a so-called O-1 visa, according to the Hollywood Reporter, a showbiz trade journal.
"To qualify for an O-1 visa, the beneficiary must demonstrate extraordinary ability by sustained national or international acclaim and must be coming temporarily to the United States to continue work in the area of extraordinary ability," says the US Citizenship and Immigration Services on its website.
Diana Scholl of the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington suggested that Bieber could dodge deportation on account of his fame and fortune.
"If convicted, another immigrant in his situation would very likely languish in immigration detention before being deported," she said on the ACLU.org website.
"That person — like 84 percent of people in immigration detention -- would also likely not have an immigration attorney, let alone a high-priced one."
In their incident report, posted on gossip website TMZ.com, the Miami Beach police department gave Bieber's citizenship as "USA" -- apparently a mistake.
It also named Toronto as his birthplace, rather than the smaller Ontario city of London, and listed his occupation as "other."